Site of mid 20th century temporary storage area or weapons testing site, Atomic Weapons Research Establishment Foulness, Foulness Island (EHER 82603)

Now destroyed. Four mid-twentieth century military buildings, almost certainly curved asbestos huts, and an area of disturbed ground are visible, on aerial photographs taken in 1946, to the east of the former site of Smallgains Farm (EHER 82600), adjacent to The Fleet on Foulness Island. They are located in an area owned by the government and used during World War II by the Armament Research Department and subsequently by the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment (EHER 46720). It is likely that the site relates to World War II activity on Foulness Island, possibly associated with defence during the war and/or immediate post war explosives testing. The site may therefore have functioned as a storage and/or ad-hoc testing area. The area is linked by a temporary access road to Churchend road and former site of Smallgains Farm as well as other possible testing areas to the north east and south west (EHER 82600 - EHER 82606). The 1940s military structures were removed before or during the construction of buildings and infrastructure associated with the former AWRE.

NRHE data transfer: Four mid-twentieth century military buildings, almost certainly curved asbestos huts, and an area of disturbed ground are visible, on aerial photographs taken in 1946, to the east of the former site of Smallgains Farm (EHER 82600), adjacent to The Fleet on Foulness Island. They are located in an area owned by the government and used during World War II by the Armament Research Department and subsequently by the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment (EHER 46720). It is likely that the site relates to World War II activity on Foulness Island, possibly associated with defence during the war and/or immediate post-war explosives testing. The site may therefore have functioned as a storage and/or ad-hoc testing area. The area is linked by a temporary access road to Churchend road and former site of Smallgains Farm as well as other possible testing areas to the north east and south west (EHER 82600 - EHER 82606). The 1940s military structures were removed before or during the construction of buildings and infrastructure associated with the former AWRE. The site is centred at TQ 9833 9142 and extends over an area measuring 28m by 32m. <1> <2> See also <3>. Note: This record may be duplicated by X.